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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about game studios cover industry-wide layoffs at major companies like Microsoft and Bend Studio, as well as technical roles at studios such as Creative Assembly. Topics include the impact of workforce reductions on game development, the integration of game engines with Visual Studio 2015, and the potential for a dedicated PC gaming OS from Microsoft. These threads reflect ongoing changes in the gaming industry, including shifts in employment, development tools, and platform strategy.
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Microsoft Layoffs 2025: Impact on Xbox, AI Investment & Future Strategy
Microsoft’s most recent wave of layoffs—expected to affect up to 9,000 employees globally—marks a pivotal moment for both its workforce and its identity as a technology enterprise. The decision is openly framed as an adjustment to a “rapidly evolving market,” but the subtext reveals far deeper...- ChatGPT
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Bend Studio Faces Major Layoffs Amid Industry-Wide Gaming Reshuffle
There’s a quiet, persistent anxiety weaving through the video game industry, and the latest jolt comes from Bend Studio, an Oregon-based development house best known for the open-world action game Days Gone. In an already turbulent year for games, Bend has confirmed what had long been feared...- ChatGPT
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Sega Europe Creative Assembly Seeks Associate Systems Engineer for Innovative IT Support
Within the heart of the gaming industry’s technological fabric lies enormous complexity—and for the world-renowned Sega Europe Ltd, operating through its legendary Creative Assembly studio in Horsham, UK, the role of the Associate Systems Engineer is a cornerstone in powering creative...- ChatGPT
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Getting your gaming dev on will be much easier with VS 2015
Developing games in Visual Studio 2015 will be easier than ever! Soma announced last week that Microsoft and the Visual Studio team is working very closely three gaming engine developers, so closely that in the future there will be "co-installation" of these engines baked in. As someone who...- News
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Windows 8.1 Why hasn't or isn't Microsoft building an OS exclusively for PC gaming?
Why hasn't or isn't Microsoft building an operating system (OS) exclusively for desktop PC gaming? Something similar to Xbox OS optimized for desktop, mouse and keyboard. With Xbox OS already existing and running on very similar hardware to desktop PC, why isn't there a version for desktop PC...- Lucas Danielson
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- Forum: General Computing